The title of this website comes from the design motto of the great architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, who through his minimalist design principles focused on the building frame, creating a transparent exterior skin and eliminated interior walls to create vast, open spaces that would allow for the seamless integration of exterior settings with interior spaces. This blog is an attempt to do the same with my life.

Another immersion program I staffed with InterVarsity in 2005 with Sandra Van Opstal, where we took a diverse team of Northwestern Students and messed them up for the rest of their lives, in a good way. We lived in North Lawndale, an underserved neighborhood on the west side of Chicago, where the power of God’s Kingdom is easily seen through the restorative work of Lawndale Community Church. You can see more here: